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… were met. In Chapter 12, Economic Feasibility of Aggregate Mining, Holland et al. demonstrate the use of cost benefit … to inform key policy choices concerning coastal aggregate mining in atoll nations. They note that, given the threats to wellbeing of people from coastal mining and availability of limited number of alternatives to …

… these and other threats to upland watersheds such as mining, global warming, tourism and urbanization, have put … Others work as day labourers for commercial forestry and mining companies. However, a growing number of mountain men … the benefits from mountain rangeland, water, forests and mining are important steps towards alleviating poverty in …

… disposal problems and ecosystem degradation from upstream mining operations. Heavy metals produced during the … for hydrocarbons, pipeline construction, uranium and coal mining, hydroelectric dam construction, fuelwood extraction … of tar sands is one such example (see Box 3). Box 3: Mining Tar Sands Tar sands consist of a mixture of …

… such as land clearing, exploitation of flora and fauna, mining, etc. (Poffenberger et al., 1996). From an …